#CD5D42#CD5D42

#CD5D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.149 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5D42
RGB	rgb(205, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 42.56, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 56.20, 40.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.122 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.149 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0774, 21.2050, 7.6623)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5D42 #42B2CD

analogous

#CD426C #CD5D42 #CDA342

triadic

#CD5D42 #42CD5D #5D42CD

tetradic

#CD5D42 #6CCD42 #42B2CD #A342CD

square

#CD5D42 #6CCD42 #42B2CD #A342CD

split-complementary

#CD5D42 #42CDA3 #426CCD

monochromatic

#76301F #A6442C #CD5D42 #DA8672 #E7B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD5D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CD5D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5D42

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5D42	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.149 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e77',
    500: '#cd5d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5d42;
$custom-light: #e38e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.655,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61243,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5D42

secondary

#97C8D3

accent

#C3E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5D42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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